Daming: Apocalypse of Longevity

Chapter 130 New Impeachment
After Zhu Tianqi read the situation reported by the young man, he immediately bought several thousand boxes of rubber rings and small blue medicines from the Krypton Store. He also bought a thousand kerosene lamps of each size, a thousand cans of kerosene, and Jin Yiwei escorted them to Yingtian Mansion.

Buying these things doesn't cost Zhu Tianqi much life. After all, a box of the cheapest rubber rings only lasts one day, and a thousand boxes only lasts three years. The same goes for little blue pills and kerosene lamps. The total cost is a lot. With a life span of 30 years, it can be accumulated in eight or nine days.

When these things arrive at Yingtian, they can quickly turn into 10,000+ taels of silver. If such a money-making efficiency can be guaranteed, the financial crisis faced by Zhu Tianqi will be alleviated to a certain extent.

There has been no conclusion regarding the matter of Taikang Marquis Zhang Guoji. After summoning the cabinet ministers for discussion last time, everyone also understood the emperor's attitude towards this matter. The emperor did not even cover up, and directly and clearly stated his position, that is Determined to protect Zhang Guoji, the civil service group headed by Qian Qianyi had to show some real skills.

The officials received instructions from Qian Qianyi and no longer desperately submitted memorials to impeach Zhang Guoji, because it was meaningless now. Although so many memorials were submitted every day, they could effectively put pressure on the emperor. But now the emperor has put this pressure on the cabinet.

Although the emperor expressed his attitude and opinions, he did not insist on reaching a conclusion. Instead, he maintained an attitude of actively communicating and discussing with the cabinet to resolve the matter. The emperor paid attention to the memorials submitted by the officials, and regarding this matter He also takes things seriously, but precisely because he takes this matter seriously, he needs the cabinet to help discuss and come up with a reasonable opinion.

So now the pressure is on the side of the cabinet. If the people below are allowed to desperately send memorials to the top, it will not cause trouble for the emperor, but cause trouble for one's own people.

After discussing this matter with the saint in Qianqing Palace last time, Qian Qianyi and Qian Longxi have also realized that if they want to persuade the emperor to severely punish Zhang Guoji, they still need to come up with something convincing, just with a few words The sage’s words and general principles are not effective. You have to dig deeper into the matter to find the key points of the matter!
When it comes to using his brain, Qian Qianyi is not as fast as Qian Longxi. Qian Longxi locked himself at home and thought hard for three days, and finally found the "breakthrough". He did not dare to delay at all. He went to Qian Qianyi's house overnight and discussed specific countermeasures with Qian Qianyi.

Although Qian Qianyi and Qian Longxi were very busy, Zhang Guoji was not idle either. Although he also heard the news and knew that all the officials in the court were furious because he had killed the prefect who was looking for trouble, and they were all going to the court. Impeaching himself, but he had already thought of this situation, not the moment he killed the prefect, but the moment he took on this job, he had already thought that he would be surrounded by enemies.

So at this time, there was no big fluctuation in his heart, and he was very calm about the matter. What's more, the emperor didn't panic yet, nor did he give himself any other instructions. Although there was already a lot of trouble in the court , but after all the trouble, there is no news that he is being investigated so far, so he will naturally continue to do his own errands and continue to "go his own way"!
It is precisely because Zhang Guoji did not show any timidity or restraint that although officials from all over the country "hated him to the bone", they did not dare to get into trouble with him again. They kept a distance from him, and they did not dare to come to his subordinates again. It's a little trouble collecting food.

The matter was dragged on day after day, and time passed day by day. Seeing that the summer taxes in most prefectures and counties were almost collected, most of the grain in the hands of the people was purchased by Zhang Guoji, and all the officials in the court were They saw it in their eyes and felt anxious in their hearts, but Qian Qianyi and Qian Longxi didn't say anything. They didn't dare to act rashly and could only act anxiously.This year's summer tax collection is obviously much smoother than in the past. The reason is actually very simple. In the past, the common people were exploited and oppressed by the gentry and wealthy families. Facing the black-hearted grain merchants on the market, although they were powerless to resist, they could only get more grain. I hold it in my hand day after day, always hoping that the purchase price of grain will rise again and I can sell it for more money.

Things are different now. A certain Taikang Hou came to the capital and sent people to collect grains at a low price next to the taxation offices in various places. How could the people not be anxious after hearing the news?They loaded up the grains one after another and lined up to sell the grains and pay taxes. The people were worried that one day the marquis would collect enough grains and suddenly stop collecting them before it was his turn to sell the grains!

Therefore, the collection of the summer tax, which used to be delayed until the end of July, was collected at the beginning of July this year. Zhang Guoji had already begun to prepare for the purchase of rice for the autumn tax, and began to go to various places under the chief envoys in the south. A grain purchase point was opened next to the Fuzhou County Taxation Department Office to arrange manpower.

It was at this time that Qian Qianyi and Qian Longxi finally took action. They seemed to have figured out that they were unable to recover the batch of grain collected by the summer tax and there was no way to snatch it from Zhang Guoji. They had no food, so they simply gave up, and instead concentrated on discussing countermeasures, preparing to overthrow Zhang Guoji before the autumn tax began to be collected.

Qian Qianyi and Qian Longxi did not submit the report themselves, but encouraged the officials under their hands to rewrite several memorials on the impeachment of Zhang Guoji. and, but impeached from several other aspects.

First, Zhang Guoji used his power for personal gain, taking advantage of helping the court raise food and hoarding it;
Secondly, the source of Zhang Guoji's money is unknown. Given Zhang Guoji's official income level, he should not have so much money to buy grain from four provinces. It is recommended that the court investigate Zhang Guoji's family property;
Third, Zhang Guoji was arrogant and domineering, monopolizing the grain market and disrupting grain prices in various provinces, prefectures and counties.

Seeing these new memorials handed over by the cabinet, Zhu Tianqi couldn't help but start cursing in his heart. He naturally knew that this must be the fault of Qian Qianyi and Qian Longxi. If these two guys used their brains in the right place, they should How wonderful!

In fact, Zhu Tianqi had long known that there were big loopholes in the way he handled this matter. He also knew that with the minds of these civil servants, sooner or later they would turn around and discover the key to the matter. However, he did not expect that this day. It came so quickly, and the autumn tax collection has not yet started. It seems that I can't delay Zhang Guoji's matter until the day when the autumn tax is collected.

(End of this chapter)